Posted by Telstar on 08/20/07 22:08

"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
>> What this really means is that the 'format war' for the 2% market share
>> that these two formats have will be in full swing for the holidays.
>> Personally I hope it keeps going. This war is the only thing that got
>> prices down to their current levels.
>
> Thing is, this isn't a sudden "swing" or "turning of the battle"--
> They'd already lost hearts and minds with the public, as most video and
> mainstream outlets had already given HD up for dead after Blockbuster, and
> were on the CES '08 Deathwatch.
>
> It was a bribe, the majority of fans will see it as a bribe,

No they won't. As the article states...this has made the whole thing murky.
I would suggest both formats will fail and something better will come along
within 18 months.]

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